equiponderate

verb

equi·pon·der·ate

-ed/-ing/-s

Definition of equiponderate

(Entry 1 of 2)

intransitive verb

archaic : to be equal in weight or force the design … must be regulated by the art of statics and the duly poising of all parts to equiponderate— Sir Christopher Wren

transitive verb

archaic : to equal or make equal in weight : counterbalance, balance

equiponderate

adjective

equi·pon·der·ate

Definition of equiponderate (Entry 2 of 2)

archaic

: equiponderant

History and Etymology for equiponderate

Verb

Medieval Latin aequiponderatus, past participle of aequiponderare, from Latin aequi- equi- + ponderare to weigh

Adjective

Medieval Latin aequiponderatus

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